Baron Pender
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Baron Pender, of Porthcurnow in the County of Cornwall, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
. It was created in 1937 for the former Conservative
Member of Parliament
for Newmarket
and Balham and Tooting
, John Denison-Pender
. He was the grandson of the businessman Sir John Pender
, founder of a number of telegraph companies, Eastern Telegraph, Eastern and South African Telegraph, Europe and Azores Telegraph Company, Australasia and China Telegraph Company, London Platino-Brazilian Telegraph Company, Pacific and European Telegraph Company which later became Cable & Wireless
. the title is held by the first Baron's grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 1965.
Porthcurnow (or Porthcurno) in Cornwall
was the landing site of several international telecommunication cables.
Sir James Pender, 1st Baronet
, was the uncle of the first Baron Pender.
The heir-presumptive is Lord Pender's son Henry John Richard Denison-Pender (b. 1968).
The heir-presumptive's heir apparent
is his son Miles Denison-Pender (b. 2002)
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...
. It was created in 1937 for the former Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Newmarket
Newmarket (UK Parliament constituency)
Newmarket is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was created upon the splitting up of the three member Cambridgeshire constituency into three single member divisions in 1885. The seat was abolished in 1918.-Boundaries:...
and Balham and Tooting
Balham and Tooting (UK Parliament constituency)
Balham and Tooting was a constituency in South London, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom...
, John Denison-Pender
John Denison-Pender, 1st Baron Pender
John Cuthbert Denison-Pender, 1st Baron Pender GBE, KCMG , was a British Conservative politician. He retired from Politics in 1922. In 1925 he was Vice-Chairman and Joint Managing Director Cable & Wireless Ltd. Governor Cable & Wireless Holdings 1929-1945...
. He was the grandson of the businessman Sir John Pender
John Pender
Sir John Pender , British Submarine communications cable pioneer, was born in the Vale of Leven, Scotland, and after attending school in Glasgow became a successful merchant in textile fabrics in that city and in Manchester; where he had a warehouse in Peter street near The Great Northern Warehouse...
, founder of a number of telegraph companies, Eastern Telegraph, Eastern and South African Telegraph, Europe and Azores Telegraph Company, Australasia and China Telegraph Company, London Platino-Brazilian Telegraph Company, Pacific and European Telegraph Company which later became Cable & Wireless
Cable & Wireless
Cable & Wireless Worldwide PLC is a global telecommunications company headquartered in Bracknell, United Kingdom. Cable & Wireless specialises in providing communication networks and services to large corporates, governments, carrier customers and resellers...
. the title is held by the first Baron's grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 1965.
Porthcurnow (or Porthcurno) in Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
was the landing site of several international telecommunication cables.
Sir James Pender, 1st Baronet
Sir James Pender, 1st Baronet
Sir James Pender, 1st Baronet was a British businessman, yachtsman and Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1895 to 1900.-Early life:...
, was the uncle of the first Baron Pender.
Barons Pender (1937)
- John Cuthbert Denison Denison-Pender, 1st Baron PenderJohn Denison-Pender, 1st Baron PenderJohn Cuthbert Denison-Pender, 1st Baron Pender GBE, KCMG , was a British Conservative politician. He retired from Politics in 1922. In 1925 he was Vice-Chairman and Joint Managing Director Cable & Wireless Ltd. Governor Cable & Wireless Holdings 1929-1945...
(1882–1949) - John Denison-Pender, 2nd Baron PenderJohn Denison-Pender, 2nd Baron PenderJohn Jocelyn Denison-Pender, 2nd Baron Pender CBE was a British civil servant and baron.Magdalen College, Oxford.Deputy Chief General Manager Cable and Wireless 1933....
(1907–1965) - John Willoughby Denison-Pender, 3rd Baron Pender (b. 1933)
The heir-presumptive is Lord Pender's son Henry John Richard Denison-Pender (b. 1968).
The heir-presumptive's heir apparent
Heir apparent
An heir apparent or heiress apparent is a person who is first in line of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting, except by a change in the rules of succession....
is his son Miles Denison-Pender (b. 2002)